FISCAL ADMINISTRATION shows you how public
budgets operate and lets you crunch the numbers yourself. And with the latest data from
the US federal budget, including its breakdown, you can see for yourself how policymakers
allocate money. Plus, each chapter includes stories for discussion from the private sector
as well as from public finance. Information

A complete and balanced reference, Public
Budgeting Systems, Eighth Edition surveys the current state of budgeting throughout all
levels of the United States government. The text emphasizes methods by which financial
decisions are reached within a system as well as ways in which different types of
information are used in budgetary decision-making. Information

The 8th edition maintains the strengths of
previous editions but is enhanced with new material and current examples from public
finance literature and the policy world. It includes substantive changes that reflect the
progress that has been made in the field of public finance. Information

Short-term partisan goals overrun long-term
public interest and democratic processes, eroding institutional and public capacity to
address collective problems. By presenting federal, state, and local budgeting within a
comparative framework, Rubin's classic text gives explicit attention to issues of
federalism, always sensitive to the power struggles between the different branches and
levels of government. Information